Patents by Inventor Michael Wittelsbuerger
Michael Wittelsbuerger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9605449Abstract: The invention is directed to a lock for a door arrangement, wherein a catch and a pawl, which is assigned to the catch, are provided. The catch can be brought into an open position and into a closed position. The catch may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. The pawl may be brought into an engagement position or deflected into a release position. A lock mechanism and a crash mechanism with a crash element are provided. The crash mechanism may be brought from a normal condition into a crash condition. A switchable coupling is provided between the pawl actuation arrangement and the pawl. The crash element is acting on the switchable coupling or is part of the switchable coupling in such a way that bringing the crash mechanism into the crash condition opens the switchable coupling and lets the actuation of the pawl actuation arrangement run free.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger
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Patent number: 9593512Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle door lock arrangement with a motor vehicle lock, wherein a force transmission chain is provided and wherein an actuation movement may be transmitted via the force transmission chain for opening of the motor vehicle lock, which force transmission chain is designed for a longitudinal force transmission along a longitudinal extension of movement, wherein a crash coupling arrangement is provided between two force transmission chain sections, which comprises a coupling element in the form of a coupling spring element.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Patent number: 9593515Abstract: The application is directed at a motor vehicle lock, wherein a lock latch, a pawl, and a lock striker bracket, which lock striker bracket comprises a latch bar and a frame bar, are provided, wherein the lock latch is or may be brought into holding engagement with the latch bar, wherein a closing cycle of the motor vehicle lock involves moving the lock latch from the open position to the at least one latching position, wherein the pawl may fall into at least one engagement position, in which it is in blocking engagement with a preliminary latching detent or a main latching detent of the lock latch for blocking the lock latch in its preliminary latching position or its main latching position, wherein the pawl may be deflected into at least one release position, in which it releases the lock latch.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160258194Abstract: Described is a vehicle lock, wherein a catch and a pawl are provided, wherein the catch may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker, wherein the pawl may be brought into an engagement position, wherein the pawl is deflected into a release position, wherein an actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl into the release position, wherein a switchable lock arrangement is provided in an actuation drive train between the actuation lever and the pawl, wherein an actuation movement of the actuation lever deflects the pawl and, a drive train component of the actuation drive train is decoupled from the pawl for letting the actuation movement of the actuation lever run free without deflecting the pawl or a drive train component is blocked for blocking an actuation movement of the actuation lever, wherein a predetermined crash condition switches the switchable lock arrangement to the locked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160258193Abstract: The application is directed to a motor vehicle lock for a door arrangement, wherein the catch may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker, wherein the pawl may be brought into an engagement position, wherein the pawl may be deflected into a release position, wherein an actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl, wherein a switchable lock arrangement is in an actuation drive train between the actuation lever and the pawl, wherein the switchable lock arrangement may be brought into a functional state, wherein, with the switchable lock arrangement being in the unlocked state, an actuation movement of the actuation lever deflects the pawl and a drive train component of the actuation drive train is decoupled from the pawl for letting the actuation movement of the actuation lever run free or a drive train component is blocked for blocking an actuation movement of the actuation lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160201360Abstract: The invention is directed to a component of a motor vehicle door lock arrangement, wherein the component comprises a moveable element which may be coupled to a bowden cable, which bowden cable comprises an inner cable arrangement, which is guided in an outer conduit arrangement, which inner cable arrangement comprises a cable strand longitudinally extending between a first end section and a second end section of the inner cable arrangement, wherein the moveable element comprises a coupling arrangement for coupling the moveable element to the first end section of the inner cable arrangement. It is proposed that a support spring arrangement with its spring bias may act laterally with respect to the longitudinal extension of the inner cable arrangement onto the first end section of the inner cable arrangement to counteract a lateral deviation from a predefined placement of the first end section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Patent number: 9382734Abstract: The invention is directed to a door handle arrangement for a motor vehicle door, wherein a door handle is provided and wherein in the installed state a hinge mechanism is provided which allows pivoting of the door handle for its manual actuation. It is proposed that in the installed state, for fixing the door handle to a door shell section of the motor vehicle door, the door shell section is clamped from both of its sides between a first clamping surface of the door handle and a second clamping surface of a clamping element, wherein the clamping engagement between the clamping surfaces and the door shell section provide the hinge mechanism for the door handle such that the clamping force flows through the hinge mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger
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Patent number: 9382735Abstract: The invention is directed to a motor vehicle lock for a motor vehicle door arrangement, wherein a pivotable catch and an inlet mouth for a lock striker are provided, wherein the catch can be brought into at least one closed position and into at least one open position, wherein the catch as such in its closed position may hold the lock striker by a holding engagement between the catch and the lock striker and in its open position may release the lock striker, wherein during a closing cycle the lock striker comes into an actuating engagement with the motor vehicle lock such that the catch moves from its open position into its closed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger
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Patent number: 9376842Abstract: The invention is directed to a lock for a door arrangement, wherein a catch and a pawl are provided. The catch can be in an open or closed position. The catch may be brought into holding engagement. The pawl may be brought into an engagement position. The pawl may be deflected into a release position. A pawl actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl. A switchable coupling arrangement comprises a first coupling lever, a second coupling lever and a spring biased coupling element. A control spring arrangement is provided that is engageable with the coupling element, which control spring arrangement acts against the spring bias of the coupling element, and that the pawl actuation lever is coupled to the control spring arrangement such that a predefined movement of the pawl actuation lever changes or eliminates the resulting force acting from the control spring arrangement onto the coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, David Rosales
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Patent number: 9366063Abstract: The invention is directed to a lock for a door arrangement, wherein a catch and a pawl are provided. The catch can be brought into an opening position and into a closed position. The catch may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. The pawl may be brought into an engagement position. The pawl may be deflected into a release position. A pawl actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl. An engagement arrangement is provided. The engagement arrangement comprises a deflection lever on the side of the pawl actuation lever and a counter contour on the side of the pawl. The deflection lever is configured to engage the counter contour. An actuation movement of the pawl actuation lever can deflect the pawl into the release position. An inertial characteristic of the deflection lever causes a deflection movement along a free-wheeling path.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KGInventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger
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Publication number: 20160123044Abstract: A Bowden cable arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle door lock arrangement, wherein the Bowden cable arrangement has a cable strand and a cable conduit, and wherein an adjustment device is provided with a first coupling element and a second coupling element within the chain of operating forces of the cable strand and with a coupling mechanism. In some embodiments the coupling elements may be coupled to each other by the coupling mechanism in different coupling positions relative to each other in order to adjust the length of the cable strand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160108649Abstract: The application is directed at a motor vehicle lock, wherein a lock latch, a pawl, and a lock striker bracket, which lock striker bracket comprises a latch bar and a frame bar, are provided, wherein the lock latch is or may be brought into holding engagement with the latch bar, wherein a closing cycle of the motor vehicle lock involves moving the lock latch from the open position to the at least one latching position, wherein the pawl may fall into at least one engagement position, in which it is in blocking engagement with a preliminary latching detent or a main latching detent of the lock latch for blocking the lock latch in its preliminary latching position or its main latching position, wherein the pawl may be deflected into at least one release position, in which it releases the lock latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160097223Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock arrangement with a motor vehicle lock, wherein a force transmission chain is provided and wherein an actuation movement may be transmitted via the force transmission chain for opening of the motor vehicle lock, which force transmission chain is designed for a longitudinal force transmission along a longitudinal extension of movement, wherein a crash coupling arrangement is provided between two force transmission chain sections, which comprises a coupling element in the form of a coupling spring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160090759Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for a motor vehicle door arrangement is provided. An actuation chain is provided for performing an actuation cycle, which actuation chain may be brought into different operational states, wherein the actuation chain comprises a moveable first actuation element and a moveable second actuation element. It is proposed that the actuation chain comprises a moveable transition element and wherein during a first actuation phase of the actuation cycle the transition element interacts with at least one of said actuation elements, in particular with both actuation elements, and thereby adjusts the two actuation elements relative to each other, wherein in a subsequent actuation phase of the actuation cycle the first actuation element, depending on the operational state, drives the second actuation element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20160052376Abstract: The invention is directed to a hatch arrangement for a motor vehicle, the hatch arrangement having a hatch leaf movable between an open hatch position and a closed hatch position, and a cinching catch for engaging a cinching striker of the motor vehicle, which cinching catch is movably coupled to the hatch leaf, and a hatch drive arrangement for moving the hatch leaf. The hatch drive arrangement is coupled with the cinching catch for moving the cinching catch. The invention is also directed to a hatch drive arrangement for such a hatch arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke, Linda Loeffler, Mark Swanson
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Publication number: 20150354255Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed at a lock arrangement for a motor vehicle, the lock arrangement comprising an actuating arrangement, a movable arrangement and a Bowden cable arrangement with a cable strand and a cable conduit, wherein the actuating arrangement is coupled to the movable arrangement via the Bowden cable arrangement such that an actuation of the actuating arrangement causes a movement of the movable arrangement through a relative movement of the cable strand and the cable conduit. The lock arrangement is characterized in that, the lock arrangement comprises a double action arrangement arranged at at least one end of the Bowden cable arrangement, wherein the cable strand and the cable conduit are coupled to the double action arrangement such that the double action arrangement causes both a movement of the cable strand and a movement of the cable conduit on actuation of the actuating arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, David Rosales, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20150337566Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock arrangement with a motor vehicle lock wherein a force transmission chain is provided and wherein an actuation movement may be transmitted via the force transmission chain for opening of the motor vehicle lock, wherein a crash coupling arrangement is provided between two force transmission chain sections, which comprises a deflectable coupling element, wherein the coupling element is at least partly bendable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, David Rosales, Stepan Hanke
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Publication number: 20150137535Abstract: The invention is directed to a door handle arrangement for a motor vehicle door, wherein a door handle is provided and wherein in the installed state a hinge mechanism is provided which allows pivoting of the door handle for its manual actuation. It is proposed that in the installed state, for fixing the door handle to a door shell section of the motor vehicle door, the door shell section is clamped from both of its sides between a first clamping surface of the door handle and a second clamping surface of a clamping element, wherein the clamping engagement between the clamping surfaces and the door shell section provide the hinge mechanism for the door handle such that the clamping force flows through the hinge mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger
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Publication number: 20150115628Abstract: A lock component of a motor vehicle lock arrangement with a mechanical actuation chain for the transmission of actuation movements, the actuation chain can comprise at least one actuation lever, which is pivotable around an actuation lever axis. A compensation mechanism can be provided, by which the actuation lever axis may be displaced relative to a reference position at least once for mechanical tolerance compensation such that the actuation chain may transmit actuation movements with the actuation lever axis being displaced accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, David Rosales
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Publication number: 20150076833Abstract: The invention is directed to a motor vehicle lock for a motor vehicle door arrangement, wherein a pivotable catch and an inlet mouth for a lock striker are provided, wherein the catch can be brought into at least one closed position and into at least one open position, wherein the catch as such in its closed position may hold the lock striker by a holding engagement between the catch and the lock striker and in its open position may release the lock striker, wherein during a closing cycle the lock striker comes into an actuating engagement with the motor vehicle lock such that the catch moves from its open position into its closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger